>I was in England last week where I noticed that the banks are >switching all UK credit cards to chip+pin technology. We'll see. >For that matter, French cards have all been chip+pin for years. >Any idea what their fraud rates are like? The French card machines >will do magstripe with a signature, but it's mostly us foreigners who need it.
Below is a link to an interesting site discussing the "chip and PIN" technology and its introduction in the UK (the article "Chip and Spin" also addresses the French experience): http://www.chipandspin.co.uk/ Carlos --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]